#DasukiGate: I Didn't Collect a Dime from Dasuki - PDP Acting Chairman Opens up

Uche Secondus has come out open with his own side of the story concerning the ongoing $2.1 billion arms deal scandal that has rocked the political sphere.

 

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has sought a way to clear his head in the ongoing $2.1 arms deal scandal as calls for resignation of affected party members fill the air. Secondus revealed that he never collected a dime from the former National Security Adviser, Lt.Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) during the period he was sharing money freely.

 

Secondus was reacting to the insinuation in some quarters that he also benefited from the money, which was meant for the purchase of arms to fight terrorism in the North-East in particular and in the country as whole, but was shared to politicians by Dasuki.

 

He said, “I was not mentioned among those that collected money from the former NSA. I saw some reports linking me with it in either their headlines or body of their stories.

“That is wrong. Have you seeing my name or company among those who took money? The answer is no! I didn’t collect a dime from the former NSA.”

 

Four national officers of the main opposition party had called on those involved to separate their cases from the party since they got the money from Dasuki, using their individual company accounts. The national officers, who made the call were the Deputy National Youth Leader, Dennis Alonge-Niyi; Deputy National Legal Adviser, Bashir Maidugu; Deputy National Organsising Secretary Okey Nnaedozie; and Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Jalo

 

They also called on those holding offices in the party to quit in order for them to have time to face the court cases instituted against them.

 

Among those involved, two are holding national positions in the party. They are the Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Haliru Mohammed and the National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh.

 

Bello is currently being tried for allegedly using his personal company to collect N300m from Dasuki while Metuh allegedly collected N400m from the same man.

 

Metuh had confessed that he collected the money, but said that former President Goodluck Jonathan used the money to pay him for a job he had refused to disclose. Secondus said the party will overcome the current trial as he believes the judiciary will vindicate the innocent.